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See also:ABRABANEL, See also:ISAAC , called also ABRAVANEL, ABARBANEL (1437-15o8), Jewish statesman, philosopher, theologian and commentator, was See also:born at See also:Lisbon of an See also:ancient See also:family which claimed descent from the royal See also:house of See also:David. Like many of the See also:Spanish See also:Jews he See also:united scholarly tastes with See also:political ability, He held a high See also:place in the favour of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Alphonso V., who entrusted him with .the management of important See also:state affairs. On the See also:death of Alphonso in 1481, his counsellors and favourites were harshly treated by his successor See also:John, and Abrabanel was compelled to flee to See also:Spain, where he held for eight years (1484 1492) the See also:post of a See also:minister of state under See also:Ferdinand and See also:Isabella. When the Jews were banished-from Spain in 1492, no exception was made in Abrabanel's favour. He afterwards resided at See also:Naples, See also:Corfu and See also:Monopoli, and in 1503 removed to See also:Venice, where he held See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office as a minister of state; till his death in 1508. His repute as a commentator on the Scriptures is still high; in the 17th and 18th centuries he was much read by Christians such as See also:Buxtorf. Abrabanel often quotes See also:Christian authorities, though he opposed Christian exegesis of Messianic passages. He was one of the first to see that for Biblical exegesis it was necessary to reconstruct the social environment of olden times, and he skilfully applied his See also:practical knowledge of state-See also:craft to the elucidation of the books of See also:Samuel and See also:Kings.
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